New Ulm weekly review., 1887-04-27

furnished, but was not considered satisfac-
tory by the commissioner. Mr.. Lamar
does not condescend to argue this case
with the commissioner or show him his
mistake but simply tells him that his de-
cision is reversed and that FRANKLIN is to
have his land.
David Jewell was hanged at st. Louis,
recently. An old cracker box had been
placed on the trap in order to give him a
greater fall. His death was easy. In De-
cember 1884 Jewell fatally shot his wife
Ellen, who had refused to live with him
longer.
Major Rogers of Ringing Horse Pass, =
celebrity is reported to be looking for q
pass through the Rocky mountains for the
Manitoba line to the Pacific.
J.P. Soquet was arrested at Green Bay
on the charge OF having murdered his wife.
He claimed her death was due to a fall
down stairs.
The Milwaukee & st. Paul are reported
as already in possession OF property at
Bismarck.
At Ainsworth, Iowa, on Friday 18th,
every business house in the town was de-
stroeyd -twenty-seyen houses in all, the
buildings on either side OF Main street for
three blocks. Loses estimated at $75,O 600.
Ainsworth is the first station on the
Southwestern road west of Washington,
| Iowa.
| Jack McAuliffe, the lightweight cham
! pion, has sent a letter to the Sporting Times,
challenging i'm Carney, champion OF Eng
land, to fight to a finish for $1,0O0a side.
The greatest fire Dover N. . has ever ex-
perienced, occurred Friday evening in the
Cocheco print works. It will involve a loss
| OF nearly 5000, 900 and will throw 600 op-
eratives out Of employment for probably
$<,,, >.sxx L.. L. -Ae.l
the s'hot room"
Placer has been opened as a station for
freight and passenger business on the
Northern Pacific, and H. A. Ingalls, ap-
pointed agent. It is 1877 miles west OF
St. Paul.
The sale of the Nickle Plate railroad un-
der foreclosure proceedings will take place
on May 10th at Cleveland. The minimum
| bid which will be received will be SIG, ,OOO,-
900.
Adispatch from Rome to the Chronicle
says papal brief in favor of the recogni-
tion OF the Knights OF Labor will be pub
lished before Cardinal Gibbons departure.
Baron Won Tavera, the new Austrian
minister at Washington, is bachelor
forty years of age. He speaks English flu
entity, and is fine musician.
Editor Young, of the Pioneer. Express,
has sold his paper to F. A. Wardwell and
G. G. Thompson.
Excitement has been occasioned by the
recent discovery near Boyd town, Crawford
comfy, Wis.,, Of silver quartz which assay
ed $13.4O to the ton.
"a large fire is reported at Kennebunck-
port, Me. Half OF the business section OF
the town las been consumed.
The London News, with the usual Eng
1yc1, DIS ~ lS.
member Of the United States parliament"
Mile. Engle, a pretty American, is de-
lighting Londoners by her operatic sing
ing.
The Cape Colony people have sent Queen
tirely Of ostrich feathers, for jubilee
present.
The Southern Bivouac, a magazine de-
voted to war papers and Southern charac-
ter sketches, has been purchased by the
Century company OF New York, and COM
! mencing with the May number the periodi-
cal will be issued from that house.
Theodore Roosevelt passed through the
city bound for his cattle range. He un.
hesitatingly predicted that Cleveland
would be the choice OF the New York Demo
Gratis for president in 1883.
The people of Marshfeld, Wis.,, are MAX.
ing a strong effort to secure the extension
| OF the Wisconsin, PiJtsville & Superior
road from Pittsville to that city.
Work on the elevator at West Superior
is being rapidly pushed by the Chichgo, St.
| Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway com
pany.
The extra military credits asked by the
| German government amount to 134, ,OOO,-
| OeO marks. Ofthis, 100000 are for the
increase OF the army and 100000 for
new equipments. The remainder are for
strategic railroads and improvements in
! fortresses.
Chief Justice Carter, ofthe supreme court
of the District of Columbia, died at his
home in Washington, the 10th. Hehad been
in ill-health for some months. He was a
native of New y ork but moved to Ohio in
1886. In 1S4S he was elected to congress
and served two terms, after which he open
ed a law office in Cleveland. He was a
member of the National Republican con.
vention at Chicago in 1860, and was one OF
three men in the Ohio delegation who turn
ed their votes from Chase and insured the
nomination OF Mr.. Lincoln, He was min
lister to Bolivia by Mr.. Lincoln's appoint
ment, and on returning to this country in
December, 1862, was appointed chief JUS
tice OF the supreme court of the district.
| A dispatch from Rome says: sThe pope
approves the course OF Cardinal Gibbons
and encourages him in his action in refer
ence to the Knights OF Labor. Cardinal
| Gibbons has secured the adherence Of Car
dinal Manning and will appeal to other
| bishops for support.
! Queen Victoria has in Windsor castle
three vases valued at 500, 900 and Seyres
dinner service worth $250,OOO.
The bursting OF an $4,000 gallon water
tank at Palatine ILL.,, kills five people and
| badly hurts sever al OF a crowd watching a
1 wreck. The killed we're: Edward Wenke.
VIM. Darms, George Myer, VIM. Myer. and
Fred Broder.
Bancroft, the historian, has gone to
Nashville, Tenn, to visit Mrs. James K.
4 Polk and other friends
Mrs. James Brown Potter says she is
heart broken over the "cruel and unjust
gossip about herself.
Advices received from Sydney, persteam-
er Mariposa, give the latest particulars re-
| garding the attempted assassination OF
4 @Prernier Ra Eer Of T,on0a Island nv con varf,-